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<b>Searching for words or phrases</b>

<p>You can search for words or phrases and use wildcard expressions. Wildcard expressions allow you to search for one or more characters using a question mark or asterisk. The table below describes the results of these different kinds of searches.
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<B><P>Search for</B></TD>
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<B><P>Example</B></TD>
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<B><P>Results</B></TD>
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<P>A single word</TD>
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<P>select</TD>
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<P>Topics that contain the word &quot;select.&quot; (You will also find its grammatical variations, such as &quot;selector&quot; and &quot;selection.&quot;)</TD>
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<P>A phrase</TD>
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<P>&quot;new operator&quot;
<br>or<br>
new operator</p></TD>
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<p>Topics that contain the literal phrase &quot;new operator&quot; and all its grammatical variations.</p>
<p>Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying "new AND operator," which will find topics containing both of the individual words, instead of the phrase.</p></TD>
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<P>Wildcard expressions</TD>
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<P>esc*
<br>or<br>
80?86
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<P>Topics that contain the terms &quot;ESC,&quot; &quot;escape,&quot; &quot;escalation,&quot; and so on. The asterisk cannot be the only character in the term.</P>
<p>Topics that contain the terms &quot;80186,&quot; &quot;80286,&quot; &quot;80386,&quot; and so on. The question mark cannot be the only character in the term.</p>
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<b>Note</b>
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	<li>Select the <a href="similar.htm">Match similar words check box</a> to include  minor grammatical variations for the phrase you search.
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